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Indigeneity in the Air: T he Case of C hinchero A irport in C usco, P eru

2018; Wiley; Volume: 39; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/blar.12743

1470-9856

Pablo García,

Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

This article problematises ‘indigeneity’ by looking at the various disruptions, conflicts and fractures that the recent sale of the land for the construction of the new Cusco international airport in Chinchero, Peru, has triggered locally. In addition to examining the erosion of the peasant community model that emerged from the 1969 agrarian reform, it explores the formation of new social groupings in a context of tourism and neoliberal development. The discussion highlights the role of tourism‐related, large‐scale infrastructure in the production of new identity politics that challenges fixed and preconceived ideas about ‘the indigenous’ in the Andes.